Papillary carcinoma arising in a papillary cystadenoma of thyroid: A case report

✍ Scribed by Dr. Louis H. Honoré

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 648 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-4790
• DOI: 10.1002/jso.2930140203

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Papillary cystadenoma of the thyroid is a controversial pathologic entity, the existence of which is not universally accepted. Its malignant potential is unknown, with only scant evidence that it may be a rare precursor of the papillary carcinoma. A case is presented as a pathologically documented instance of malignancy arising in a papillary cystadenoma in a 33‐year‐old woman. The clinical implications of this finding are discussed.